Environmentalists Say They’re Cool With East County Taking Cred for Pure Water’s Production

There’s a debate over whether the city of San Diego should or could build a smaller sewage-to-drinking water recycling project than originally planned.

If fully built out, the project costs would top $5 billion. And the City Council is desperate to save ratepayers money. But the city probably can’t build a smaller Pure Water project, even though some want it to, because recycling wastewater is something the city promised to do – or risk being sued by environmentalists.